Monica Spear, Former Miss Venezuela, And British Ex-Husband Killed In Attempted Robbery

The Huffington Post UK/PA

A former Miss Venezuela and her British ex-husband were shot dead and their five-year-old daughter wounded during a robbery.

The attack happened after the family's tyres were punctured, stranding them on an isolated stretch of road between Puerto Cabello and the provincial capital of Valencia, police said.

Police reports confirmed that Monica Spear, 29, and her husband Thomas Henry Berry, 39, were shot and killed by unknown assailants while the couple’s 5-year-old daughter, Maya Veliz, was injured by a bullet in her leg.

Spear won the title of Miss Venezuela in 2004 and participated in Miss Universe 2005 in Thailand. Her career in television began in Venezuelan soap operas and the actress broke into the U.S. market by starring in Telemundo’s “Flor Salvaje” in 2011. Her last telenovela was opposite Jencarlos Canela in "Pasión Prohibida” in 2013.